Hammond Technical Vocational High School - Chart Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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FOUR SHOPS GAVE TRAINING IN ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRONICS TECH OFFERED the radio and T.V. shop. Electric III, for students wishing to enter the electronics field. It pro- vided the opportunity for them to become familiar with the basic circuits of radio and television. It also developed skills in the use of test instruments such as the voltometer, signal generator, and the oscilloscope. Students mindful of growing opportunities in electrical and elec- tronic fields trained in four well-equipped shops and learned every- thing from simple elementary circuits to skilled work in TV and motor repair. OBJECTIVE OF THE EXPLORATORY SHOP in electricity was to expose a student for the nine-week period to all phases of electrical work. STUDENTS IN ELECTRIC I, a begin- ning course, became acquainted with ele- mentary circuits like bells, telephones, and house wiring. Mr. Hobbs watched as Jap- kowski, Polak, Rietman, Kaminski, Neal, and Vavrek worked on the signal wiring boards. KALMAN BORBELY, Duane Kallen, and Bob Stout raised a motor on the hoist for Mr. Holloway’s inspection, in Electric II. This was an advanced class where students worked with motors, controls, and trans- formers, and repaired household appli- ances.

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WOOD SHOP had as its main objective the development of a sound interest in basic woodworking and a general understanding of the opportunities in the woodworking trades. Students, like Jim Hoolehan, learned by experience the use and care of all carpenter tools, also a knowledge of good construction and design. TECH OFFERED ALL PHASES OF TRAINING IN WOODWORKING Training in woodworking at Tech stressed carpentry, cabinetmaking, and pattern making. Students became familiar with layout, design, types of lumber, and the uses of bench tools and of power machines. 28 THE COURSE IN PATTERN MAKING was designed to teach a student the funda- mentals of using hand tools and the pro- cedures for making patterns for the cast- ings which were used in the foundry. MR. STEMPER ' S Exploratory Wood shop students tested a door frame. The nine- week course was designed to see if stu- dents were suited for further training in the wood area.

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ADVANCED TRAINING WAS OFFERED IN BOTH DRAFTING AND PRINTING In both PRINTING I and II, Tech students did forms, booklets, brochures, tickets and posters for all schools in Hammond, the school maintenance department, and the Board of Education. Equipment in the ad- vanced shop included two Miehle Vertical presses, two new Model 31 Linotype casting machines, paper cutter, and bindery equip- ment. The beginning shop, equipped with practice job-type cases, two platen presses, and an offset duplicator trained students for the advanced shop and helped produce The Tech Times. DRAFTING was offered to those who sought jobs as draftsmen, or job involving a knowledge of drafting, or advanced college training. A student headed for college got not only practice in normal drawing design work but also in the fundamentals of ortho- graphic projections, sections, auxiliary and revolved views, terms, symbols, and dimen- sions. EXPLORATORY DRAFTING was an introductory course of the basic tools used in drafting shops in industry. Lettering, dimensioning, pro- jection of three views, pictorial drawing, and sheet metal layouts were covered. DRAFTING SHOP was instructed by Mr. Schell. IN ADVANCED PRINT SHOP, Larry Stelow, Lynn Mathews, and Paul Schmidt fed the platen press while Mr. Schultz looked on. PREPARING THE OFFSET PRESS in Beginning Print shop for printing of The Tech Times were Bob Lennick and Dan Seeley. Dan was the student responsible for operation of the press • for the school newspaper. •■uii cr, — H Sr--- . s awn 1BJSJ R jh- l 1